Miscellany, Sep. 22, 1952

Out-of-Bounds. In Mexico City, thieves who learned belatedly that they
had robbed a relative of City Prosecutor Carlos Sodi rushed off a
message to police: "We don't want to have anything to do with this
stuff," added a note on where the loot could be found.

City Ways. In Richmond, Ind., a twelve-year-old visitor from the country
carefully explained why he had turned in a false fire alarm: some city
boys had told him that if he pulled the lever in the red box a bird
would pop out and forecast the weather.